Telephone-call recorder.



C. M. ROSE.

TELEPHONE CALL RECORDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY II. 1914.

1,140,070. Patented May 18, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

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Be it-known that 1, CHARLES M."RosE, a citizen of the United States, residing inthe city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in

the county and State of New York, have invented a' certain new and useful Improvement in Telephone-Call Recorders, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to means for recording by a subscriber the number and location of telephone calls made, and the object of the invention is to provide asimple, easily operated device'by w-hichthe total number of calls made is registered, the exchange and number of each call recorded, and unanswered calls marked or canceled, so

that an exact record of calls may be; conveniently kept by the subscriber: to serve as a check on the periodical bills for; telephone service. l

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andarran'gement be hereinafter described and-i claimed.

"The accompanyingdrawings form apart by which the above objects areattaine'd, to

of this specification and show an approved form of the invention.

Eigure '1 is a side elevation; i of the. ef .corder. .Fig. 2.is a plan view. Fig 3 is a corresponding plan view with the. cover. removed. iFig. 4 is a" central'vertical section, taken on the line H inFig. 3, andpartly in: elevation. Fig. 5 is a similar view of=the working portions of'thei device, taken on the 'line-55 iniEig. 3 and seen'in thedirection indicated by the. arrows? 'iFigo 6 is :a' corre sponding end view.

Similar letters ofkreferencee indicate: the same parts in all the figures. jAis a casing preferablytof :sheet .metal stamped tothe form" shown, havinglugs A "A by which it may be attached to'the wall or other surface, and acovenA v havinga hinged portion A arranged=to I be raised to permit access to the interior of the casing. Thefixed portion A of. the cover has an opening athrough whichwthe' figures onthenumbered disks of a counter B may be read, and thehinged portion A has two I ,openings a a the first, a affordingaccess to a strip or wide tape of papenM and. permitting the number and exchange of-the calledsubscriber to befwiittnrthereon, and

the other, a ,permitting-.thewlast previous call thus written to vbe seenwhentherstrip is advanced. I v V Specification of iette rs latent.

taking in such reverse -.-movement.

- Patented May 18,1915.

Application filedJuly 11, 1914. SerialNo. 850,385.

The stripais fed through a slot at to the exterior at the rear, formed by the lips A and A on the casing and cover respectively. Within the casing. andmatching the interior thereof is a framework composed of two side-plates CIC joined by bars C 0 near. the front and carrying the mechanism operated bythe push-pins D D standing vertically side by side andextending downwardly through the fixed portion A of the cover. The push-pins are extensions ofsquare slidesD -D mounted and guided in the bars C Q each having a forwardly projecting pin or arm marked D D respectively, adapted when either slide'is depressed to engage the cross-bar E of a tiltingframe pivoted between the plates C C I at c c and correspondingly raise the rearwardly extending lever E? forming a con tinuation of the'frame on one side thereof;

In the end ofthe lever E is a slot 6 receiving a pin F set in the end of an arm -F extending from a clutch or series of Spring pawlsiF loosely mounted on a shaft G and adapted to engage a series ofslots formed in the adjacent; face of agearwheel G =fixed on the shaft G, and partially ro-- tatethe earwheel as the arm F isv thus raised. he slot 6, provides the required lostmotion for the pin :F in. the variation of angle caused-bythe lifting'of the lever .1 1; and arm a:

The spring pawls and slotted Wheel, imperfectly shown, is a Twell-lmown; meansof inducinga .stepby-ste'p -movement and is preferred in this device. It comprises a flat plate ofspring inetal loosely. encircling the shaft G and lying face to face withxthe gear- .Wheli' G having three concentric arms serving as springpawls each formed with a slight .set..toward the-gearW-heeFGr which latter. has a concentrically arranged series of slots-each adapted "to permit the end of either arm or pawl to. engage therein. By raisingthe'lever E the plate is. rotated on I the shaft G and one ormore of the arms in engagement with the slots will cause the .ge'arwheel .G to make apartial rotation. -The-depression of-the lever E causes the plate. and its arms to return idly for a succeedingv engagement in succeeding slots, the gearwheel G being held by its'frictional enint gagement with the,.pinion G against parv Other means, asthe ordinary ratchet and pawl,

may be substituted.

In mesh with the gearwheel G is an idle pinion G meshing with a pinion G on the shaft of a roller G and rotating the latter in the desired direction at each depression of either of the push-pins. Above the roller Gr is a similar roller G removably mounted in the plates C C, the ends of its shaft Gr being received in vertical slots 0 c in such plates, and held in strong frictional contact transverse stud G joining the plates G C.

The flanges H H are notched as at It to receive the ends of a shaft H forming the coreof a coil or roll of paper M on which the record of calls is written. The strip or wide tape extends from the roll upwardly over a loose sleeve or roller G on the stud C to the upper face of the platform H which lies parallel with and immediately beneath the hinged cover A and thence between the rollers G G and passes out of the casing through the slot a above described, traveling between the platform II and cover A thus presented at the openings a a in the latter and supported by the platform.

The counter B is of any suitable type, attached by an arm B to the upper bar C and having its numbered disks presented at the opening a as above described. Its shaft 13 projects at one side and carries an arm B extending through a vertical slot at inthe slide D of such length as to provide the stroke required to move the disks at each depression of the push-pin D When a call is 'to be made the call number and exchange desired is written by the subscriber upon the the push-pin D marked for convenience Record, which turns the counter one number in advance through -the action of.

the total number shown by the counter, the remainder showing the calls to be paid for.

To avoid this calculation a canceling device is included in the apparatus. The slide D leaf springs E and K strip M through the openmg a after the call is answered and the conversation ended, thesubscriber depresses operated by the push-pin I) marked Shift, carries the D to engage the crossbar E and operate the feed rollers G 6: but has no connection with the counter. A lever K pivoted to the side-plate C at it lies in the path of the slide D and is struck by=the latter. at the end of its downward travel; its opposite arm carries a pin K engaged in a slot Z in a lever L extending from a sleeve L loosely mounted on the shaft G of the gearwheel G and the sleeve carries an upwardly extending arm If terminating in a sharp point If arranged when tilted to strike through a narrow slot 71, in

the platform Itl below the opening a and the opening a and to present the noted call at the opening a without operating the counter, and at the same time drives the point If through the strip into the aperture a thus registering the fact that the call was not answered. The counter then shows only the number of calls to be paid for during the period, and in case of any question as to the number and location of calls the strip shows an exact record of those answered and unanswered.

The hinged cover A and platform H,

with the removable upper roller G permit a new roll of paper to be easily inserted and threaded, and allows access to the mechanism.

I-Ielical springs D and D return the slides and push-pins to position, and the return the levers E and K to their idle positions.

A is a stop supporting the platform H in its lowered position.

Iclaim:-

I. In a device of the character set forth,

a casing having arecord opening and a cancellation opening therein, one in advance of the other, a strip of paper within said casing, a feeding mechanism for moving said strip, a counter, a push-pin and means actuated by the latter for operating said counter and feeding mechanism, whereby an inscription written on said strip at the record opening is subsequently presented for verification or for cancellation at the cancellation opening by the action of said feeding mechanism.

. 2. In a device of the character set forth, a

, casing having a record opening and a cancellation opening therein, one in advance of the j other, a strip of paper within said casing and counter,

msm for moving said strip, a counter, a pair of push-pins, mechanism actuated by either of said push-pins for operating said feeding mechanism, and means actuated by one of said push-pins alone for also operating said at the cancellation opening for verification and is registered by the counter, or for cancellation ithout such registration;

3. In a device of the character set forth, a casing having a record opening and a cancollation opening therein, one in advance of the other, a strip of paper Within said casing and presented at such openings, a feeding mechanism for moving said strip, a counter, a pair of push-pins, mechanism actuated by either of said push-pins for operating said feeding mechanism, means actuated by one of said push-pins alone for also operating said counter, and means actuated by the other of said push-pins alone for marking said strip at said cancellation opening,

whereby an inscription Written on said strip at the record opening is presented at the cancellation opening for verification and is registered by the counter, or for cancellation by such marking Without such registration 4 in a device of the character set forth, a casing, a cover therefor having a record opening and a cancellation opening therein, one in advance of the other, a platform bestrip of paper extended along whereby an inscription Written on said strip at the record opening is presented neath said cover adapted to carry a rolled said platform and presented at such openings, rollers in said casing for feeding said strip, a counter, a push-pin and means actuated by the latter for operating said counter and feed rollers whereby an inscription Written on said strip at said record opening is presented for verification or cancellation at said cancellation opening. v

5. In a device of the character set forth, a casing, transverse bars therein, a pair of slides mounted in said bars, arms on said slides, a rolled strip of paper in said casing, feed rollers for said strip, a tilting frame in said casing arranged to be engaged by said arms and actuate said feed rollers by the movement of either slide, a counter and actuating connections therefrom to one of said slides, means actuated by the movement of the other of said slides for perforating said strip, a lever arranged With one end in the path of one of said slides, a lever for actuating said perforating means, and a loose connection between the adjacent ends of said levers, y In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth ll afix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses CHARLES RUSE.

"Witnesses:

CHARLES R. SEARLE, mar V. Rica. 

